Craig Chamberlin

Webroot has a feature-filled antivirus solution offering quick scanning, malware and virus protection, anti-ransomware, and anti-phishing tools. It has a 14-day free trial and a 70-day money-back guarantee, and it’s straightforward for beginners to use to protect themselves online. However, it’s not the most affordable antivirus program on the market, and other products provide better value for money.

Norton provides complete protection for up to 10 devices, with top-notch features that range from malware protection to automatic photo backup.

McAfee delivers a well priced package with above average detection rates. McAfee's packages include options for built in PC optimization tools, parental controls, email spam blocking, hacker and thief firewall protection and social media link protection for unlimited devices.

McAfee delivers a well priced package with above average detection rates. McAfee's packages include options for built in PC optimization tools, parental controls, email spam blocking, hacker and thief firewall protection and social media link protection for unlimited devices.

Norton provides complete protection for up to 10 devices, with top-notch features that range from malware protection to automatic photo backup.

Avira’s free antivirus software can protect computers and mobile devices from malware threats, including worms, viruses, Trojans, and spyware. For free software, it is pretty good, but the paid version, Avira Pro, offers more comprehensive protection including real-time anti-ransomware protection and priority customer support.

While it may be a surprise to many in the UK, AVG Technologies has been making security software for over 20 years. To this day, AVG Technologies specialises in bundling various software packages for comprehensive computer security and performance. AVG Technologies was founded in 1991 in the Czech Republic. The company headquarters is now located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

While not the biggest name in the market, BullGuard has been making security software products since 2002. For the first six years they specialised in building comprehensive security suites that weren't just limited to virus protection. Their larger successes began in 2008 when they released their extremely efficient antivirus package that appealed to the gaming community.

Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus has been shown to be 100% effective in detecting and removing all types of computer viruses on PCs with Windows. However, the basic product does not offer as many features as competitors’ similar products, such as Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2021. If consumers want additional features that are 100% effective, they can consider Kaspersky’s higher-level products, such as Kaspersky Internet Security and Total Security.

Since 1987, McAfee has been creating McAfee antivirus and computer security products. As one of the original pioneers of the antivirus market, McAfee antivirus packages such as McAfee Antivirus Plus, McAfee Internet Security and McAfee Total Protection are often packaged with pre-built computer systems from companies such as Dell, Acer and Lenovo.